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Half of parents surveyed say flu shot causes the flu
by NASEEM S. MILLER | Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, 1:33 a.m. of TribLive
A new survey on parents' attitudes toward the flu vaccine may shed light on why some continue to resist it even though not getting vaccinated could put their children in danger.
A national survey of 700 parents by Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital showed more than half the respondents said the flu shot can cause flu. One-third said the flu shot didn't work.
"With any medication or vaccine, people are going to have concerns," Dr. Jean Moorjani, a board-certified pediatrician at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, said in a news release. "Because information can come from so many places, from friends and family to the internet, it's important to talk to a doctor you trust to get credible information that is based in science and facts."
The survey also found:
• 30 percent of the respondents thought flu shot is a conspiracy.
• 28 percent said flu caused autism.
"After extensive studies, we know that the flu vaccine is safe," Moorjani said. "You cannot get autism from the flu vaccine. It is not a conspiracy for doctors to recommend the flu vaccine. Doctors recommend it because we know — based on science, research and facts — that it is the best way to protect yourself and your family against the flu."
Here's a bit of good news from the survey: about 70 percent of the parents said that the flu vaccine is the best way to protect their children from flu.
"It takes time for your body to get strong and ready for flu season, which is why we recommend everybody get the shot as soon as they can. If you are infected with the flu shortly after getting your flu shot, your body may not be able to fight it off," Moorjani said.
Naseem S. Miller is a writer for the Orlando Sentinel.
My take on this is simply three points:
1] A non-viable vaccine made from components of a live organism can not grow and reproduce even in this age of Zombie SciFi as in "The Walking Dead." A killed vaccine can not grow and cause the disease called by the living organism. Period!
2] Any vaccine can cause side-effects, but these side-effects are nominal compared to the illness caused by the live germ.
3] Most vaccines take at least two weeks after administration to produce enough protective antibodies to prevent the illness for which it is given. In other words, a person can develop the illness, e.g. influenza, from exposure to others who are ill before antibodies are sufficient to protect the immunized person. That's why it is wise to get a flu shot in early Autumn before exposure to flu is more likely as we move into the winter season.
Dr. T
Category: Infectious Diseases
Tags: immunizations Vaccines measles MMR Atlanta epidemic Europe ATL
We should all be worried about a Measles outbreak in Metro ATL. We are, afterall, an international city.
All adults born after 1978 should have had two Measles vaccines (MMR). Children should have had their first MMR between age 12 & 15 months. I prefer age 12 month at the one year checkup.
The 2nd MMR is due between 4 and 6 years old. I prefer the four year checkup. In any case, children older than age 6 years, should have had two MMR vacines to be considered adequately immunized. If we have an outbreak in Metro and suburban Atlanta, a 3rd MMR may be recommended in selected geographic areas and among selected persons.
Atlanta is prime for an outbreak with an increasing number of under-immunized children.
Stay tuned to our local media!
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/measles-outbreak-raging-europe-could-be-brought-u-s-doctors-n922146?cid=eml_nbn_20181021
www.cdc/vaccines
www.immunize.org
Category: Immunizations
Tags: Vaccines HPV Gardasil safety Evidence Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Chronic Pain Ovarian Failure
Misinformation About the HPV Vaccine Keeps Vaccination Rates Low
The Overwhelming Safety of the HPV Vaccine
Paul A. Offit, MD
No vaccine has suffered more from misinformation and ill-founded concerns than the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Antivaccine activists have claimed that HPV vaccine causes chronic pain syndromes, chronic fatigue, sudden death, and a variety of autoimmune disorders. In addition, activists have gone so far as to claim that the HPV vaccine increases risky sexual behavior. These claims are often supported by the media as well as by substandard studies published in predatory journals. Indeed, on December 4, 2013, Katie Couric, in a segment titled "HPV Vaccine Controversy," interviewed two mothers: One claimed that the vaccine had caused her daughter to suffer chronic fatigue, the other that the vaccine had caused an otherwise unexplained death.
As a consequence of such fears, immunization rates for the HPV vaccine remain low. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 53% of girls and 44% of boys have received the recommended doses.[1] As currently constructed, the HPV vaccine—which contains the L1 surface protein from nine different strains—will prevent about 29,000 cases of HPV-associated cancers and 5000 deaths a year.[2] Unfortunately, because only about half of US adolescents have received this vaccine, every year about 15,000 people are destined to suffer and 2000 to die from a preventable cancer.
To the credit of the scientific and medical communities, millions of dollars have been spent on studies examining the safety of the HPV vaccine. Pre-licensure, about 30,000 people were studied for 7 years.[2] Post-licensure, more than 1 million people have been formally studied, examining all manner of chronic pain and fatigue syndromes as well as more than a dozen different rheumatologic diseases.[3,4,5,6] Not surprisingly, the HPV vaccine has not been found to cause any chronic or debilitating condition. Indeed, the HPV vaccine is probably the world's best-studied, modern-day vaccine.
Another Unwarranted Concern Debunked: Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
One concern recently raised by antivaccine activists is that the HPV vaccine causes primary ovarian insufficiency. How this concern was born remains a mystery. HPV doesn't infect the ovaries. And the HPV L1 surface protein doesn't mimic proteins on ovarian cells, which would at least make an autoimmune disease biologically plausible. Nonetheless, the fear persists. To address this concern, researchers at Kaiser Permanente Northwest examined a cohort of 199,078 female patients, finding 120 with a diagnosis of primary ovarian insufficiency.[7] The researchers found no statistically significant elevation of risk for ovarian failure following receipt of the HPV vaccine. They also didn't find an increased risk following receipt of the Tdap, MenACWY, or inactivated influenza vaccines.
The Kaiser Permanente study can now be added to the mountain of evidence that should reassure clinicians and parents that the HPV vaccine is safe. HPV, on the other hand, isn't safe. And until we dramatically increase immunization rates against this common, devastating infection, children will continue to suffer our ignorance.
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Why You Should Always Close The Door Before You Go To Bed; It could save your life.
From Women's Health by Caroline Picard, Oct 14, 2018
Your nightly routine can (and should) include brushing your teeth, washing your face, and getting into comfy PJs, but new information shows that most Americans skip a very important step before climbing into bed.
Nearly 60% of people sleep with their bedroom door open, according to a recent survey conducted by the safety science organization UL. That simple choice could mean life or death in the event of a house fire, as a closed door can slow the spread of flames, reduce toxic smoke, improve oxygen levels, and decrease temperatures.
With the increased use of synthetics in furniture and home construction, closing the door could make all the difference when it comes to getting out safely. The average time to escape a home fire has gone from 17 minutes to just three minutes or less in the past few decades due to flammable materials and contemporary open floor plans.
It's not only about a lack of awareness. Most people who sleep with the door open do so because they mistakenly believe it's safer — but it's the exact opposite of what firefighters recommend. That's why the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) has launched a new public safety effort to coincide with National Fire Prevention Week, going on right now.
The "Close Before You Doze" campaign aims to share how closed doors can help save people's lives. In one eye-opening demonstration, the group showed how a fire burns in a closed room versus an open one. The side-by-side video footage reveals what an impact a door can make.
Start making it a habit to close not only your own bedroom door at night, but your kids' rooms as well. It's also a good time to test smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, check your home for potential fire hazards, and review your family's escape plan, or create one if you haven't already. Those small precautions could make all the difference.
From: Good Housekeeping US
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One of our clients most frequently asked questions is, "how can I make sure my IT contractor stays until the end?" Whether it's a manager on a multiyear, multimillion dollar software development project or a Java developer filling in for maternity leave, losing an employee before you are ready is a problem; a problem that costs your business time and money.
Our new eGuide, 6 Things You Can Do to Dramatically Increase IT Contractor Retention, summarizes best practices and provides practical advice that we hope our clients, friends and the readers of Staffing 360 can use to improve retention. In it, we discuss how understanding the interplay and importance of the following six items can make a big difference in your company's ability to manage IT contractor turnover.
Obviously I think the entire eGuide is insightful, but I want to particularly draw your attention to #2 since it is especially specific to the IT industry. All business people are interested in keeping their skills up to date, or they should be, but IT professionals are particularly keen to do so for personal and professional reasons. If the positions your company is trying to fill involve work on new or emerging technologies or projects that expose the contractor to skills and experiences that are in demand, you can make that work for you. Of course salary is important too but we do have contractors who take lower paying assignments because of the opportunity to work on something "cool and new."
I also hope that this eGuide reminds us all that employees are people and people are complex beings influenced by multifaceted motives. I think our advice is good, and I hope you agree, but I also encourage you to learn from us AND from others. In the Communication section of the eGuide, we provide links to surveys, studies and other blogs on the subject to allow you to read for yourself. Learning how to motivate employees is something good managers continue to learn throughout their career; you never know it all!
It is also important to keep in mind that people change; their career goals evolve as their life circumstances change, and what they want from their job and what motivates them changes too. What matters to a recent IT college graduate is not necessarily the same as what motivates a mid-career mobile apps guru. Understanding that you will never find one perfect way to make all your employees happy, but instead must continually assess the current circumstances and use a range of tools, is the path to success. It's an ongoing process that requires effort but will pay dividends.
I hope you find our advice useful and would love to hear from you. If you're an employer, please share what you've found that works at your company, and if you're a contractor, please add your voice to the discussion and let us know what motivates you.


7 Inch Wide Trash Can - White Bathroom Trash Can. 8 gallon kitchen trash can. black waste paper basket. purple bathroom wastebasket.
Published at Sunday, October 07th 2018, 21:22:24 PM by Romaine Bonhomme. Bathroom. The modern day sinks have become more elegant and now comes in infinite variety of shapes and styles. Also the placing of the sink will enhance the entire look of the bathroom. The sinks can be hung on the wall, or can be placed on countertops made of wood, marble or granite, or placed on top of a sleek and attractive pedestal. The placing of the sinks in the bathrooms will be a reflection of one's lifestyle and taste that can set a mood for one to relax and not worry at least, temporarily of the happenings around him.
Published at Thursday, October 11th 2018, 00:29:51 AM. Bathroom By Romaine Bonhomme. Traditional bathrooms tend to focus more on architectural details bringing nature inside. With the inspired look of wood such as oak, maple, and beech shelves and cabinets, wood finishes enhance the mood by giving the bathroom a warm earthy tone, similar to a country or rustic looking bathroom.
Published at Thursday, October 11th 2018, 00:29:48 AM. Bathroom By Romaine Bonhomme. A very important role in the design of small bathrooms in a modern way is lighting since it can be used to create a place that is lit well. The best choices for lighting in bathrooms are lights that are white or off-white in color. For a space that is small, it is recommended to keep the countertop clear of light fixtures and have simply a small lamp. If the bathroom is large, ceiling lights that are small and in any color may be added to the ceiling in addition to light fixtures that are colored to bring ambience to the bathroom. For natural light, a skylight may be used.
Published at Thursday, October 11th 2018, 00:29:45 AM. Bathroom By Nathan Lazard. Of course, you have the choice to deviate from the normal blue and white bathroom themes. You can use bright colors to spice things up a bit. Add in a bit of orange and yellow and you are good. These themes usually work better for children's bathrooms.
Published at Thursday, October 11th 2018, 00:29:42 AM. Bathroom By Romaine Bonhomme. Unusual Bathroom Organizers: There are a few unusual, and helpful, bathroom organizers that can really make a difference in the space. It's often hard to organize the bulky, awkward items in the bathroom. A wall hairdryer holder is a fantastic item that keeps the hairdryer out of the way, and yet readily accessible. Another must-have bathroom organization tool is a toilet paper storage holder. These holders usually keep up to four of five extra rolls of toilet paper readily accessible. They ensure that you don't have rolls of toilet paper lying around on the bathroom floor or in the bathroom cabinet, and they make it easy to access what you need - when you need it.
Published at Thursday, October 11th 2018, 00:23:28 AM. Bathroom By Nathan Lazard. The bathroom may feel closed in when using patterns. However, for a bathroom that is medium or large in size, the ceiling may be painted or one wall may be painted with designs in interior paint or tiles with designs on them may be used. Addition of more patterns can bring about a design that is reflective of mid century modern style.
Published at Thursday, October 11th 2018, 00:23:26 AM. Bathroom By Olivier Delafosse. If you are wondering what bathroom themes are, these simply pertain to an idea that makes your bathroom design coherent. Let us say you take the ocean theme, you will probably use shades of blue and white in your bathroom. Of course, you may use ocean-related accents like fish and starfish designs. That is the basic idea.
Published at Thursday, October 11th 2018, 00:23:16 AM. Bathroom By Olivier Delafosse. Unfortunately bathroom design is very affected by the number of meters. Small bathroom severely restricts the possibilities. In such a situation we have to "cram" desired design in the available space. If you own a spacious bathroom, you have much more possibilities to create the interior of bathroom fitting your status and mood.


Let me get this straight. A guy who "worked behind the scenes" to topple Lott says Lott is "delusional" for thinking people were working behind the scenes to topple him.
How can anyone possibly believe in conspiracy theories, when the conspirators themselves scoff at them? And if you don't believe that everyone in Washington is honest, you must be paranoid.
What is it about the word conspiracy that provokes the instant smirk and snicker? The world is thick with dishonest people, and they don't always act alone. They have a way of finding each other and acting corporately. Even "the D.C. sniper" turned out to be a team.
That's why we speak of organized crime, smuggling rings, accomplices, accessories, getaway cars, spies, covert activities, secret and undercover agents, insider trading, collusion, fences, and so forth. We have a fairly large vocabulary of words that recognize the conspiratorial aspects of social life. Secret cooperation isn't unusual at all.
People in government conspire all the time. In fact, governments budget billions for espionage and other covert activities. These huge bureaucracies keep countless secrets from us, allegedly for our own good; and the inevitable result is that we can never really know what the government is doing. This means that we also can't know what we are voting about, further proof that the vote is worthless and democracy fraudulent. And in times like the present, the ratio of conspiracy to openness increases, in the name of national security. Naturally the conspirators don't think of themselves as conspirators. They believe they are our protectors and benefactors.
Can any conspiracy theory be as naive as the James Bond fantasy? Bond represents the opposite of such theories: the lone spy single-handedly discovering the enemy's secrets and then, for good measure, defeating the enemy with a pistol and martial arts. Though Bond is a government agent, the conspiratorial is minimized: he has contact with his superiors only at the beginning and end of the story. No bureaucrat he!
To the extent that government withholds important information from its subjects, it makes nonsense of the idea of self-government, and it can expect to be mistrusted, feared, and hated. When it also constricts their remaining freedoms, it practically makes "paranoia" a necessity of survival.
Thomas Jefferson said that the basis of free government is not "confidence" — trust and faith in our rulers — but "jealousy" — skepticism and suspicion. The more trust our rulers demand of us, the less they deserve to be trusted. Yet many people do trust them and willingly submit, offering reasons like "I reckon the president knows more about this than I do." Of course he knows more than we do. He sees to that. But what does he do with his privileged knowledge?
Government secrets remain secret long after they have served their supposed purpose. Conspiratorial habits are hard to break. Even when the original enemy has ceased to exist, as in the cases of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, the old secrets of World War II and the Cold War are still kept from us.
You could even get the impression that the U.S. Government regards the American people as the enemy.
Copyright © 2012 by the Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation. All rights reserved. This column was published originally by Griffin Internet Syndicate on December 24, 2002.


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Brown Agrees to Additional GOP Debates in New Hampshire
By TG Branfalt Jr. 2014-06-21T01:04:03
Following a scrum over a so-called unity pledge, Scott Brown has agreed to additional debates against his Republican challengers.
Earlier this week, New Hampshire Republican Chair Jennifer Horn sent a letter to Jim Rubens and Bob Smith, who are both challenging Brown for the GOP nomination, urging them to sign a "Unity Letter." The letter was an effort by Horn to keep Rubens and Smith from supporting any candidate other than the winner of the Sept. 9 primary.
In the letter, Horn points out that the other candidates in New Hampshire races, including Brown, had pledged their support following the outcome of their respective races.
Horn accused both candidates of being "open to supporting a Democrat or a third-party candidate over a Republican nominee." So far, neither Smith nor Rubens has signed the pledge. Rubens, however, said he was now "comfortable" signing the letter now that Brown has agreed to the additional debates.
Smith, on the other hand, is not budging in his refusal to sign the unity pledge.
Echoing his sentiments from previous comments, Smith maintains that he is planning on coming away from the primary with the nomination; therefore he doesn't want to sign a pledge "immaturely."
"I intend to win the nomination, so endorsing myself will be easy," Smith said in a statement. "I do not prefer to speculate or engage in hypotheticals, when it comes to decisions like this."
On Thursday, Brown accepted the challenge laid out by Rubens, agreeing to two additional debates. He will now participate in the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council Debate, and another on WGIR radio program "New Hampshire Today."
The GOP candidates are taping their first debate on Friday. The taping, for WMUR-TV's "Close Up" program, will air on Sunday at 10 a.m. The second debate will be take place on Sept. 4 and will air on WMUR. Neither of these new debates agreed to by Brown have firm dates.
In a statement, Rubens said he was proud to restore the debate process in the state and that the debates are the only way to find out who is the best Republican candidate to beat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in the general election.
"More important to Republican victory than who I endorse is who the voters support. Shielding our candidates from debate leaves voters disengaged and does not prepare our nominee to defeat Jeanne Shaheen in November," Rubens said. "That is why I felt it was in the best interest of our party to force the issue to be sure the debates happen."
In Ruben's initial response to the allegations in Horn's letter, he summarized his 20 years of service to the Republican Party, for which he was recognized with the Lane Dwinell Award.
"Scott Brown has so far refused to participate in debates, public forums, or any venue that allows unscreened questions," Rubens said in his initial response to Horn. "It would be irresponsible to pledge support to a candidate when we haven't heard where he stands on Republican principle issues."
https://pjmedia.com/blog/brown-agrees-to-additional-gop-debates-in-new-hampshire/

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Trigion Security has grown its Shopping Centre Portfolio with the award of a new contract in what is rapidly becoming a specialist field for the company. The Orchards Shopping Centre run by Managing Agents Montague Evans became a Trigion contract in January of this year.
The contract see's Trigion deliver 24/7 manned guarding services to this busy town centre complex, open to guests 7 days a week. Traditional guarding with a real focus on customer service is the backbone to the service, with CCTV monitoring and the implementation and maintenance of a range of electronic solutions such as cameras and access control systems, implementing the overall service and adding extra levels of security to the Centre.The award comes on the back of the provision of cleaning services to the Centre which is delivered by our sister company Facilicom Cleaning. Collectively we now offer the client a bundled service at great value for money.
"Trigion's sister company Facilicom were appointed to clean our Shopping Centre some years ago, and deliver a reliable, proactive and flexible service. They have developed a great relationship with our team and have grown to understand our culture, our expectations and our Retailers. After being introduced to their Security division Trigion, we asked them to assist with relief cover. The response was immediate, seamless and excellent. The Officers provided were first class with excellent support. Facilicom later tendered for and won the Security contract and now offer a truly bundled service delivering to our guests the best in Customer Service. I'd thoroughly recommend them"


In order to ensure that the homebuyers got their money back, the Supreme Court said that it could ask Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) to deposit Rs 10,000 crore-15,000 crore more.
CJI Dipak Misra said, "Let us wait and see what interim resolution mechanism is submitted by IRP. If it requires Rs 10,000 crore to Rs 15,000 crore more, we will ask them to deposit the money. You (the homebuyers) will get back your money. What else do you want?" The Supreme Court assured that it would do everything possible to protect the homebuyers' interest.


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19 April, 2020 · by englishglobalcom
The term 'comprehensibility' isn't part of our everyday ELT vocabulary. We're more used to talking about comprehension in terms of the questions accompanying a reading or listening text we are working on with our students. But 'comprehensibility' is a term used in pronunciation that is related to accent and also to intelligibility, and which, together with these other two, has been the centre of some very interesting research over the past 40 years or so.
The first researcher to use the term 'comprehensibility' was Larry Smith (1992), as he tried to disentangle the results of work he had done earlier in order to measure the intelligibility of different native and nonnative speaker Englishes. This search for where intelligibility lay in English is central to what we do today as teachers, and I'll come back to it when we get to the letter 'i' in a few weeks' time.
What Smith saw from his work was that 'understanding' was too general a term to cover something as complex as (un)successful verbal exchange between two people. So to be able to move forward in his investigations he proposed a three-tier system in order to accommodate the different levels of the understanding of a message. For the most elementary level, involving the basic recognition of the words in a message, Smith proposed the notion of 'intelligibility'. Next came 'comprehensibility', the focus of this post, and the demonstration by the listener of having comprehended the meaning of the words in the message in their context. Last in Smith's system came the concept of 'interpretability', which referred to the listener's understanding of the speaker's intention. For example, if a speaker says 'It's a bit warm in here.', this will have been intelligible if the listener understands bit and not beat, or warm and not worm, and so on, and comprehensible if the listener has understood that the speaker is indicating that the temperature in the room is too high. Lastly, the utterance will have been correctly interpreted if the listener offers to do something to bring the temperature down.
Smith's comprehensibility and interpretability get quite a long way from where we intervene through the teaching of pronunciation. Perhaps because of this, or perhaps simply driven by the need to better understand the role of pronunciation in spoken English, Canadian researchers Tracy Derwing and Murray Munro set up their own three-way construct involving 'intelligibility', 'comprehensibility', and 'accentedness'. They defined intelligibility in essentially the same way as Smith and Nelson, i.e. as the extent to which a listener actually understands what has been said.
Of Derwing and Munro's other two concepts, accentedness was an attempt to measure how strong the listener perceived the speaker's (foreign) accent to be. I briefly discussed how accent is the distance between the speaker's pronunciation and the listener's expectations in 'A' is for accent (2). Lastly, there is comprehensibility, which is the same term used by Smith and Nelson, but which Derwing and Munro use in order to refer to a listener's perception of how difficult it is to understand the speaker's words. Same term, different meanings, slightly confusing. ELT!
Intelligibility, Comprehensibility, and Accentedness. Derwing & Munro (2005)
In a review of work on intelligibility up to 2010, Nelson is quite critical of Derwing and Munro's 're-definition' of comprehensibility (Nelson 2011: 72–74). This is not the place to go into the details of why Nelson found Derwing & Munro's use of the term 'comprehensibility' inadequate, and I think it was necessary to create some sort of term to cover an experience we must all have had. I'm referring to the situation where a speaker is intelligible (i.e. we understand their words), but listening to them and understanding what they are saying requires a serious effort on our behalf. This is what Derwing and Munro attempt to gauge through their use of 'comprehensibility'.
Why should we worry about the notion of comprehensibility? Isn't it enough if somebody is intelligible?
Well no, unfortunately, it's sometimes not enough. Unless the speaker is someone who is truly important to you, or you have to understand the speaker in some life-threatening situation, for example, all too often if the effort required of the listener is too great, then they get tired and their attention wanders, or, worse still, they switch off and stop listening. At this point, communication has broken down despite the speaker being intelligible.
In addition, a number of international exam rating scales such as IELTS and Trinity College London's ISE refer directly to the effort required of the listener, that is to comprehensibility. Whether we agree with this choice or not, we clearly need to take it into account if we are preparing students for these exams. (The depth of the raters understanding of the difference between intelligibility and comprehensibility is another matter, but more of that in a later post.)
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Comprehensibility as defined by Derwing and Munro is related to accent, which we looked at in my first two blog posts, which you can read here and here. It is also related to intelligibility, which in some ways is the 'grandaddy' of them all. But as I said earlier, you going to have to wait a while for a post on that. Another six weeks, in fact. However, if you want to browse the presentation I gave on intelligibility at TESOL-SPAIN back in March this year, you can get a peak at what I'm going to comment here.
Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M. J. (2005). Second. Language Accent and Pronunciation Teaching: A Research-Based Approach. TESOL-Quarterly. 39/3: 379–397.
Nelson, C. L. (2011). Intelligibility on World Englishes. New York: Routledge.
Smith, L. E. 1992. 'Spread of English and issues of intelligibility' in B. B. Kachru (ed.) The Other Tongue. English Across Cultures. 2nd edn. Urbana, IL.: University of Illinois Press.
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20 April, 2020 at 9:37
Thanks for the post. Over the years I've come to see Smith's framework as largely stemming from a 'message transference' model of communication (the speaker 'codes' the message and sends it to the listener, who 'decodes' it). This so-called 'conduit metaphor' of communication has increasingly been seen as inadequate in recent years. There is also the methodological and epistemological problem of our not being able to know what 'intentions' and 'understandings' are, except indirectly. Munro & colleagues' framework is more realistic and workable, I think.
20 April, 2020 at 13:36
Hi Androcles
Thanks for your comment. Actually, I suspect from what you say that you know more about Smith's framework than me. But even if Smith's model is now seen as inadequate, I have a lot of respect for the work he did. His first serious examination of intelligibility in different Englishes dates back to 1979 and was pioneering research in my opinion, not just because of the logistical nightmare it meant for them in those distant, pre-digital days, but also because of the conclusions Smith drew about the non-privileged position of native speakers when it comes to intelligibility in a world where English has become a global tool. It's over 40 years since Smith drew this conclusion!
But as you would see from the post, Derwing and Munro are possibly more relevant to pronunciation teaching because of how they re-define comprehensibility, and also because their three terms feel more 'real' to ELT practitioners. Certainly that's been my experience in courses I've run on teaching pronunciation.
Thanks for a really interesting post Robin.
There's little that I can add other than you may need to be careful about using public version rating scales of some high stakes international examinations because the descriptors that examiners use contain more information. Owing to confidentiality clauses I'm afraid I cannot be more specific. I look forward to seeing 'i'.
Hi James
I imagine that most teachers involved in exam preparation have guessed or have been told directly that the scales made public are not identical to those used by the raters, and that these will never be public. But what is made public is a statement of intentions, even if you have to read between the lines to understand what is being said, as is the case with the references to comprehensibility. And that's what's behind these blog posts to an extent – helping us to see what is behind different terms or what is being said when these terms aren't used explicitly.
Marek Kiczkowiak says:
Just wanted to say that I'm really enjoying this series of posts, Robin. Keep up the good work!
If I may throw my 2 cents into the mix, what bothers me in many studies on intelligibility or/and comprehensibility is that it's often 'native speakers' judging 'non-native speakers'. This just reflects the native speakerist idea that pronunciation needs to be comprehensible or/and intelligible to a 'native speaker'. But of course in a world where English is mostly used by 'non-native speakers', whether someone's pronunciation is intelligible and/or comprehensible is of much lesser importance.
What I'd like to see more are studies where people from different countries judge intelligibility and/or comprehensibility of different accents. I've found very few studies like that, especially large scale ones. If you know any, please let me know.
Thanks Marek. Joanne Rajadurai criticised intelligibility studies precisely because the judges were so often NSs. Things are changing slowly, but the 'presence' of the NS norm is not going to disappear overnight just because the research invites NNSs to be judges. The very act of inviting people to participate in these studies could easily have the effect of placing the NS norm back centre stage unless care is taken in how the work is done.


Marc Jacobs got hitched to his longtime partner Saturday night, and a ton of celebs were on hand to celebrate.
The 55-year-old fashion designer tied the knot in NYC with Char Defrancesco ... a former model who is now a candlemaker.
The event was a spectacle ... Marc and Char arrived at The Grill, where they had their lavish wedding reception, in matching crushed green velvet coats.
As for the guest list ... check it out -- Anna Wintour, Naomi Campbell, Bella and Gigi Hadid, Bette Midler, Kate Moss, Lil Kim, Rita Ora, Kaia Gerber and Emily Ratajkowski to name a few. Guests scored customized vape pens as party favors.
Marc and Char met 3 years ago and got engaged in April 2018. Jacobs proposed to DeFrancesco ... at a Chipotle restaurant. When it comes to fast food, both Marc and Char say Chipotle is their jam.
When he proposed, he organized a flash mob of dancers to perform Prince's song, "Kiss."
Marc was smart ... he got married the day after Char's 37th birthday, so he won't have to keep a bunch of dates in his head.


You know the scene, browsing soon to end items on ebay, you catch something that's really cheap so you put a bid in and cross your fingers. I won this lens for next to nothing BUT I only bid on it because the seller described it as in good working condition, I know a few pound isn't much but it's the principal that counts surely? I wouldn't have paid a few pennies for it if I had know how it would turn up!
I would have to say that the front element is rather loose to put it mildly!
"Hi there, Just received the lens but there seems to be a problem, the front glass element is completely loose and rattling around, it looks like it could fall out at any moment. I'm not trying to say you sent it knowing it was broken but obviously the lens is unusable in this state and I would appreciate your thoughts about that to do. Here is a photo of the lens:"
"Hi ,I thought it was packed all right with it being in the case aswell.the postal staff must had a game of football with it.When I offered it for sale & indeed packed it there was no rattle or problem, if yo look at my feedback record ,you might assume that I am very fessy about what I sell ,this is clearly a transit problem.Either you or I must make a claim from the post office,Ive a feeling it might have to be me even tho it cost a pitance ,in any case keep the lens etc as evidence.There is no point in sending it back because of the cost involved but I can assure yo I wouldnt send out a faulty piece of equipment esspecially for a measly £2.00 Let me know your thoughts"
How rude! It was enough money for him to bother selling it in the first place! I cannot express enough how I know it really is a tiny sum but the principle remains that if I had known the lens was faulty I would not have paid anything at all. There is no way on earth that the element popped out by itself and on closer inspection of the sellers photos all seemed to show the lens side on, how convenient. I asked the seller to go ahead and ask royal mail for a refund but I never heard from him again so in due course I gave him a negative feedback for his efforts. If everyone in the world decided customer service was not an issue if an item only costs a small amount the world would be in a right mess. He called my money measly and a pittance yet he was unwilling to refund me! Hopefully in future he will realise that the key to being a professional ebayer is to treat all customers with respect and gratitude, even if they do only spend a measly amount.
Your title says it all. eBay CAN be a great marketplace but somehow is often besmirched by shysters! I love that classic "you might assume im fessy..." bit. No, no I don't assume. I see a terrible looking product and well...my mind wanders! haha But I digress. I comment merely to commiserate with your frustrations. Just found your blog and I love it. I operate a similar post. Love finding old gear and giving it new vitality!
I had a Soligor telephoto lense where the front mount shook itself out during a very bumpy bus ride in Tanzania. I couldn't use it again till I got back to the UK, when I managed to secure it again with the help of a set of watch makers screwdrivers.
what did you do with this? I would be interested in the parts.


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California Issuing State Warrants to Pay Bills
Without a state budget and about out of cash anyway, California Controller John Chiang began issuing the first state IOUs to pay state bills. Here are items from a helpful FAQ on these new California bucks (an unrelated collectible currency is pictured at right):
1. What is a registered warrant?
A registered warrant is a "promise to pay," or an IOU, that is issued by the State when there are not enough funds to pay all of its General Fund obligations. Registered warrants bear interest and are redeemable by the State Treasury only when the General Fund has sufficient money. If the Legislature and Governor fail to enact budgetary solutions that provide enough cash for the State to pay all of its bills by July 2, the Controller will begin issuing registered warrants. Assuming there is adequate cash in the Treasury, those warrants may be redeemed on October 1, 2009. Both the issue and the maturity date will be printed on the warrant.
3. Why is the State issuing registered warrants?
Without action by the Governor and Legislature to stave off a severe cash deficit of almost $3 billion at the end of July, and more than $3.5 billion in August, the Controller will be forced to issue individual registered warrants, also called IOUs, for many payments.
7. What happens if my financial institution will not accept the registered warrant?
You may decide to open an account at another financial institution that will accept registered warrants, or you will have to hold the warrant until it matures on October 1, 2009.
14. How much interest will the State pay?
The State's Pooled Money Investment Board will set the interest rate for registered warrants at an emergency meeting on July 2. The State will pay that interest from the time the warrant is issued until it matures on October 1, 2009. As soon as the rate is set, this Web site will be updated with more information.
That meeting, by the way, set an interest rate of 3.75%. I wonder how much of a discount people will demand to take California dollars instead of U.S. dollars?


Haven't done a Waterfall card in ages!! Seeing this has prompted me!! Lovely colours June - Thank you!
what an excellent design and the waterfall looks amazing.
Never seen one as fancy as that one it's so pretty.
Love the blue and white theme.
Thank you for showing it on the video as it really shows the lovely workings of it.
You are such a very talented lady.
A lovely card June . I also love the colours.


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UWASA was excited to have Aurel Tess, the Provincial Comptroller, as the second speaker of our Seminar Series, to provide insight about Accounting for the Program Manager.
In his first session on November 14th, Aurel went into great detail of understanding the role of the program manager, and what comptrollership is all about. Management of resources, operational and financial responsibility were the areas Aurel covered. With the aid of a Case Study, Aurel then broke down the Operator and Steward roles, and the Strategist and Catalyst roles. The takeaway being that in today's world, accounting is not just simple bookkeeping. It is the ability to take a situation, and turn numbers into meaning. To be able to help and provide strategic financial advice.
Information Technology and Innovation in Accounting was the topic of his second lecture on November 23rd. Having an impact on both Accounting and Computer Science areas, Aurel's focus was on the modern accountant. Looking at the evolution of technology, and back to his first lecture, it was easy to see how the automation of simple processes frees up time for the modern accountant to operate at a more complex level. Data analytics, Excel, and simple accounting software like QuickBooks were some examples. As his last point, Aurel stressed that while technology is essential to improving, "Stop automating s*** processes". Automation is not a cure, you must first streamline the business processes.
With incredible detail from his years of experience in Executive Management, with titles that include Assistant Deputy Minister, Executive Financial Officer, and now Provincial Comptroller, Aurel brought a wealth of knowledge in high level, strategical management.


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Kamenné srdce (v originále Hjartasteinn) je islandsko-dánský hraný film z roku 2016, který režíroval Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson podle vlastního scénáře. Film zachycuje přátelství dvou chlapců na islandském venkově. V ČR byl uveden v roce 2017 na filmovém festivalu Febiofest.

Děj
Þór bydlí s matkou a dvěma staršími sestrami ve vesničce na břehu moře. Nejvíc času tráví se svým nejlepším kamarádem Kristjánem a dívkami Betou a Hannou. Rád by si začal chodit s Betou, ale neví, jak jí svých citech říct. Þór také netuší, že city, které vůči němu chová Kristján, jsou více než jen kamarádské.

Obsazení

Ocenění
 Mezinárodní filmový festival v Chicagu – Nejlepší film
 Filmový festival v Soluni – Zvláštní cena poroty
 Mezinárodní filmový festival ve Varšavě – Nejlepší režie, Cena ekumenické poroty
 Benátský filmový festival – Queer Lion

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Externí odkazy
  Oficiální stránky filmu

Islandské dramatické filmy
Dánské dramatické filmy
Filmy z roku 2016
Filmy s LGBT tématem

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Кроты () — село в Прилукском районе Черниговской области Украины. Население — 26 человек. Занимает площадь 0,496 км².

Код КОАТУУ: 7424184002. Почтовый индекс: 17571. Телефонный код: +380 4637.

География
Расстояние до районного центра:Прилуки : (11 км.). Расстояние до областного центра:Чернигов ( 122 км. ). Расстояние до столицы:Киев ( 123 км. ). Расстояния до аэропортов:Борисполь (98 км.). Ближайшие населенные пункты: Каневщина, Сухоствец, Тихое -3 км, Рудовка - 4 км.

Власть
Орган местного самоуправления — Каневщинский сельский совет. Почтовый адрес: 17571, Черниговская обл., Прилукский р-н, с. Каневщина, ул. Г. Степанюка, 25.

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Населённые пункты Прилукского района


Located on the iconic Lovedale Road, Whitevale Estate is a luxurious and spacious country retreat in the picturesque Hunter Valley. Meticulously styled and furnished to impress, this beautiful home is close to world-class wineries, concert venues, national parks, and quaint shops. With room for up to 18 guests, this is just the place for a large family or group to enjoy a relaxing break away from the bustle of the city.
Approaching Whitevale via the privacy of Brickman's Lane, you'll travel along a tree-lined driveway and past beautiful landscaped gardens before arriving in the grand entrance and foyer featuring a custom granite wall. Expect to be transported to a world of high luxe interiors and a contemporary 'Hamptons meets classic Hunter' style as you progress further into this unique property.
The expansive open plan living space features a lounge area with vaulted ceilings, large leather sofas, and a cosy wood fireplace. This is a fantastic spot for a lazy afternoon in front of the fire with a glass of Hunter wine in hand. Floor-to-ceiling windows allow plenty of natural light in along with views of the native bushland surrounds. Nearby is a huge dining table for up to 18 people where you can enjoy good food and great conversations. After dinner, retire to the adjacent games room with a custom pool table, bar fridge, TV and wood combustion fire for the cooler evenings.
The living area also boasts a stunning galley-style kitchen with elegant black countertops and cabinetry, plus modern stainless appliances. You'll find a large, three-door refrigerator, microwave oven, gas cooktop, dishwasher, cooking pots and crockery, as well as a Delonghi coffee machine, ensuring you have everything you need to prepare a sumptuous feast. If you prefer to dine alfresco, make your way to the impressive outdoor kitchen pavilion that boasts a vast concrete dining table, 5-burner barbecue, built-in esky and preparation station. From here you can dine while enjoying views over the private in-ground swimming pool and the eucalyptus & spotted gums beyond.
Whitevale Estate has seven gorgeous bedrooms and six bathrooms. The exquisite master suite features a king size bed, herringbone-tiled hydro spa bath, marble walk-in rain shower, double vanity, and a huge walk-in dressing room. There are also another two king size rooms and a queen size rooms that offer private ensuite bathrooms. Of the remaining bedrooms, one offers a king size bed while another has one king size bed and two single beds. The final bedroom is in the loft and offers a queen size bed and two singles. All of the king size beds in the property can be configured as twin singles upon request, providing plenty of flexibility for groups.
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Ex-Altar Boy Launches Suit
A former altar boy who claims a Nova Scotia priest sexually abused him is launching a civil lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish and the Archdiocese of Halifax.
The alleged victim will identify himself at a news conference at the Delta Halifax Hotel on Thursday, said Aaron Lealess of the London, Ont., law firm LeDroit Beckett, which is representing the complainant.
"The victim will put his name on the record," Mr. Lealess said in an interview Tuesday.
The lawsuit is a rejection of the class-action settlement negotiated recently on behalf of sexual abuse victims, in part, by Bishop Raymond Lahey of the Antigonish diocese. Bishop Lahey has been charged with possessing child pornography.
The complainant said the settlement didn't provide details of the church's awareness of and reaction to the sexual abuse of minors by clergymen.
LeDroit Beckett is involved in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Catholic dioceses of Halifax and Yarmouth on behalf of several men, including brothers Del and Kenneth Boudreau.
The brothers claim they were abused by Rev. Adolphe LeBlanc, a Wedgeport priest who died in the 1970s.
Mr. Lealess said recently that the case against the Yarmouth and Halifax dioceses may be resolved more quickly in light of the charges against Bishop Lahey.


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Constructing a World
Shakespeare's England and the New Historical Fiction
By Martha Tuck Rozett
Subjects: History
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1. Introduction: Historical Fiction Old and New
2. Of Narrators; or How the Teller Tells the Tale
3. Historical Novelists at Work: George Garrett and Anthony Burgess
4. Barry Unsworth's Morality Play and the Origins of English Secular Drama
5. Fictional Queen Elizabeths and Women-Centered Historical Fiction
6. Rewriting Shakespeare: The Henriad with and without Falstaff
7. Teaching Shakespeare's England through Historical Fiction
Examines recent developments in historical fiction, with particular attention to the way contemporary writers have portrayed Shakespearean England.
Taking its title from Umberto Eco's postscript to The Name of the Rose, the novel that inaugurated the New Historical Fiction in the early 1980s, Constructing the World provides a guide to the genre's defining characteristics. It also serves as a lively account of the way Shakespeare, Marlowe, Raleigh, Queen Elizabeth I, and their contemporaries have been depicted by such writers as Anthony Burgess, George Garrett, Patricia Finney, Barry Unsworth, and Rosalind Miles. Innovative historical novels written during the past two or three decades have transformed the genre, producing some extraordinary bestsellers as well as less widely read serious fiction. Shakespearean scholar Martha Tuck Rozett engages in an ongoing conversation about the genre of historical fiction, drawing attention to the metacommentary contained in "Afterwords" or "Historical Notes"; the imaginative reconstruction of the diction and mentality of the past; the way Shakespearean phrases, names, and themes are appropriated; and the counterfactual scenarios writers invent as they reinvent the past.
Martha Tuck Rozett is Professor of English at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She is the author of Talking Back to Shakespeare and The Doctrine of Election and the Emergence of Elizabethan Tragedy.
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Bob Dylan's New York
Beyond Gold and Diamonds
Fiction as History
Shame the Devil
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The latest winner, who wants to remain anonymous, won the biggest ever Lotto Match 5 + Bonus prize on December 28.
And he's confident he'll not be single much longer after bagging €472,548.
It's the biggest prize to be won in this prize category since changes were introduced to the Lotto game in September 2015.
He bought his golden Quick Pick ticket at the Hillside Service Station in Enniskerry.
And collecting his cheque today, he beamed: "As news of the large Lotto win spread through the town on Thursday afternoon, I said I better get my ticket checked, just in case. I was in a café having my lunch and I asked the girl behind the counter to check my ticket for me.
"She scanned the ticket on the National Lottery App on her phone and she let out a roar. I actually thought she had a bad turn before she calmed down and told me I had a winner."
He quipped: "I am a single man, but not for much longer!
"This is an incredible, life changing amount of money to win but it will not change my personal outlook on life. I am heavily involved in charity so I will make sure this win improves the lives of many who are in need.
"I was in work at 6am this morning so I have absolutely no plans to give up work just yet."
Previously, the Match 5 + Bonus prize was guaranteed at €25,000. The prize fund is now carried forward in each draw, until there is a winner, meaning the possibility of bigger prizes.
Other winners to visit National Lottery offices today included three separate National Lottery scratch card winners who each collected a cool €50,000 to finish off their year in style.
There were two top prize winners of the €50,000 prize on the €5 All Cash Platinum scratch card. The winning tickets were sold at Mulligans Londis in Athlone, Co Westmeath and at Dunnes Stores in the Parkway Shopping Centre in Limerick.
There was also a top prize winner of €50,000 on the €5 Bingo Times 10 scratch card. It was purchased at Finlay's Topaz Station in Monasterevin, Co Kildare.


Club members come together on a night in December and assemble all gifts, then sort them to go to various agencies that help to distribute some of the bags. Club members personally deliver gifts to Greeley Eldergarden members and to some of the residents of Greeley Manor. Other gifts are distributed through Area Agency on Aging and Meals on Wheels.
Over 150 seniors and at-risk adults received a little holiday cheer this year, as a result of the Annual After Hours Christmas "Basket" Project.
Started even before the club chartered, each year Greeley After Hours Rotary collects a wide variety of useful items to produce a Christmas gift for lonely, needy or at-risk seniors in our community. The original basket has now been replaced by a reuseable shopping bag, but the thought is still the same. Recipients received gloves, scarves, blankets, candy, christmas ornaments and a variety of personal care items.


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What Is the Lightest Element on the Periodic Table?
The lightest element on the periodic table is hydrogen. The atomic weight of hydrogen is 1.00794 and the atomic number is 1. Hydrogen is the most abundant element on the periodic table with 75 percent of the mass of the ...
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Who Created the Periodic Table of the Elements?
While the invention of the periodic table of elements is commonly attributed to Dmitri Mendeleev, the atomic weight sorting system was first conceptualized in 1862 by Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois. Despite rele...
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What Is the Periodic Table of the Elements?
The periodic table of elements is a chemistry reference that lists elements by increasing atomic number, which typically correlates to their atomic masses. The atomic number increases from left to right as well as from t...
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What Is a Color-Coded Periodic Table?
In a color-coded periodic table of the elements, the box for each element is colored. This color represents the classes of elements, which include metals, metalloids and non-metals. In general, the color blue is used for...
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What Is the Lightest Metal?
Lithium, with the symbol Li and an atomic number of 3, is a pure element which, under standard conditions, is the lightest known metal. It has a density of 0.534 gram per cubic meter, making it the least dense solid elem...
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What Is the Lightest Element?
The lightest element is hydrogen, H2, which is also the most common. Hydrogen is very reactive and forms water when it interacts with oxygen.
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What Does "Rn" Stand for in the Periodic Table?
"Rn" stands for radon in the periodic table. Radon's atomic number is 86, and its atomic weight is 222. Radon was originally called niton when it was discovered in 1900.
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Two CCTV cameras have been installed in Kumroj buffer zone community forest in Chitwan in a bid to study the behaviour of a tiger that killed a woman recently.
Whether the tiger is sick or injured will be known through this camera trapping method, and efforts to capture it will be initiated accordingly.
According to the assistant conservation officer at the Chitwan National Park (CNP) Abhinaya Pathak , the cameras have been set up by technical team of the CNP and the National Trust for Nature Conservation with the help of local people.
According to a latest study, a single tiger was found to have attacked at least 20 people few years ago and technology was used to capture it. Of the total 120 tigers in the CNP, five percent are found to be suffering from various problems. A total of 13 people were killed in wild animal attacks in the last fiscal year.


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Q: f.fields_for a has_many relationship in rails I have an assessment model which has_many answers. I'm trying to build my f.fields_for but getting an error:
"undefined method `content' for <Answer::ActiveRecord_Associations_CollectionProxy:0x007fdb12041fd8>"

View:
 <%= f.fields_for @answers do |builder| %>
   <%= builder.text_area :content, :class=>"form-control question-field", :data => {:question => question.id} %>
  <% end %>

Controller:
  def edit
    @assessment = current_user.assessments.find(params[:id])
    @answers = @assessment.answers
  end

I understand that the error seems to be that I'm calling methods on a collection rather than the individual object. But I don't understand how to fix it.

A: If f is a builder for @assassment, you can do:
<%= f.fields_for :answers do |builder| %>
  <%= builder.text_area :content, :class=>"form-control question-field", :data => {:question => question.id} %>
<% end %>

You will also need this in your Assassement model:
class Assasement < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :answers
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :answers
  #...
end

A: #fields_for expects an object_name as first parameter or an object – but no collection. So you have two choices, depdening on the context. Either get the child collection from the outher form helper (f) implicitly:
<%= f.fields_for :answers do |builder| %>

Or pass a specific collection as a second argument like so:
<%= f.fields_for :answers, @answers do |builder| %>

Specs: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#method-i-fields_for

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Champions Of League One!
James Coppinger scored a last minute winner as Doncaster Rovers are promoted to the Championship as League One Champions!
Saturday, 27th April 2013 at Griffin Park, Brentford
Brentford 0 DONCASTER ROVERS 1
Referee – Mr Michael Oliver
Attendance – 12,400
It's a winner-take-all game at Griffin Park, where Brentford have to win to get automatic promotion and the Rovers need a point to do the same. But only one of them can progress, the other has to go through the Play-Offs. Both sides made changes from last Saturday. For the Rovers, Paul Quinn returned to the side after injury. The home team made three changes, Tom Adeyami, Harry Forrester and Clayton Donaldson coming in.
The home team kicked off, with the early minutes spent sounding each other out. The game was being played at a cracking pace and it was the Rovers who got the frist strike on goal when Brown went down the right, laid the ball back for Cotterill to shoot low from 25 yards but he put just wide of the far post. Minutes later a free kick by Spurr from just outside of the home penalty area was blocked. The home team then attacked down the left and from about ten yards Donaldson hit a low shot that hit the far post and was cleared. On the quarter hour Brentford won a corner but it was well cleared. The fast and furious pace continued until the 21st minute when, following a Rovers free kick, Furman had a go from 25 yards but it was blocked. Then a corner to the home team was well caught by Sullivan off the top of Wright-Philips head. Past the half hour and Brentford were having the better of the possession, which brought about a couple of bookings for the Rovers, for McCombe and Lundstram. The Rovers now had their fair share of the play as time ran down to the break, with the pace of the game barely having slackened. In the 44th minute a Coppinger strike from 25 yards was beaten away by Moore, in the home goal. At the other end Wright-Philips had a shot saved by Sullivan. In the fourth minute of added time good work by Hume up front, saw him lay the ball back to Cotterill but his low shot was saved by Moore.
Half Time – Brentford 0 Doncaster Rovers 0
The managers have had 15 minutes to work their magic on the two teams. Whose season is going to end at ten to five? The Rovers started the game, which took up from where the first half had ended. The pace was the same but play was mainly in midfield. Then within a couple of minutes the home team won a couple of corners but nothing came from them as the Rovers defence cleared them. Play settled down as a midfield battle. The home team made two substitutions just past the hour, which seemed to give them an impetus. A corner to the Rovers in the 67th minute was headed wide at the far post by Jones whilst under challenge, then Douglas had a go from 20yards but it was so high it went over the stand. Another corner to the Rovers came to nothing. As the last fifteen minutes came up the home team began to have more of the possession but the Rovers kept their shape and discipline so that Sullivan wasn't unduly troubled. In the 75th minute, however, with the home side pressing the ball was cleared down the right to Cotterill. He put down the line to Hume, who took it on before hitting a low cross to the middle where Cotterill was trying to get to but he didn't quite make it. Back came Brentford, with all-out attacks. A cross from their left by Forshaw was met by Dean with a header but Sullivan saved comfortably. Then a corner to the Bees reached Saunders some 25 yards out but he fired over. In the 85th minute Cotterill charged down a clearance, went down the right before putting in a low cross but Paynter couldn't quite get there. More Brentford attacks were thwarted before the 88th minute when good work by Coppinger on the Rovers left brought a cross to the far post where Paynter, coming in from the right fired into side-netting. Five minutes of added time was displayed and in the 95th minute Brentford were awarded a penalty after a goalmouth melee. Trotta had the task of taking it, with a number of his team-mates giving him some advice. He hit the bar, the ball was cleared up to Paynter, in his own half on the right near the touchline. He went down the right as Coppinger raced down the middle. The low cross came in as the goalkeeper came out. COPPINGER rounded the keeper and slotted into the empty net for a famous victory. The referee eventually re-started the game and immediately blew for full time. The Rovers fans and players celebrated for the next twenty minutes.
Result – Brentford 0 Doncaster Rovers 1
DONCASTER ROVERS ARE PROMOTED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP AS LEAGUE ONE CHAMPIONS!
Brentford – Simon Moore; Shaleum Logan, Harlee Dean, Kevin O'Connor ©, Jake Bidwell, Jonathan Douglas, Toumani Diagouraga, Tom Adeyemi, Harry Forrester, Bradley Wright-Philips, Clayton Donaldson
Subs used – Aaron Pierre for Adeyemi 62 mins; Adam Forshaw for Logan 65 mins; Sam Saunders for Forrester 70 mins; Marcello Trotta for Douglas 79 mins;
Subs not used – Farid El Alagui, Lee Hodson, , Antoine Gounet gk
Caution – Wright-Philips 60 mins; Douglas 75 mins; Donaldson 90 mins;
ROVERS – Neil Sullivan; Paul Quinn, Jamie McCombe, Rob Jones ©, Tommy Spurr; David Cotterill, Dean Furman, John Lundstram, James Coppinger; Iain Hume, Chris Brown
Subs used – Paul Keegan for Lundstram 67 mins; Billy Paynter for Hume 79 mins; David Syers for Brown 84 mins; Coppinger 90+7mins;
Subs not used – James Husband, Liam Wakefield, Cameron Howieson, , Kyle Bennett, Gary Woods gk
Cautions – McCombe 34 mins; Lundstram 38 mins; Quinn 76 mins; Syers 85 mins;


Gymnasts limbering up for the London Olympics would be proud of this shark's acrobatics.
The 360kg mako astounded fishermen by pulling off nine somersaults, each several metres in the air, after being hooked during a tournament off the coast of San Diego.
'I have never seen anything like that in my life,' the boat's captain Mark Martin told ninemsn.
Mr Martin, who runs the San Diego Saltwater Flyfishing operation, said mako sharks had a reputation for leaping out of the water, but not as dramatically as this.
'I think he just felt something pulling on his cheek and he didn't like it so that was why he reacted like that,' he said.
He did not believe the shark was in pain.
The annual Flying Mako tournament, which was held last week, was a 'catch and release' event where all fish are put back into the sea.
Makos, which are often found in tropical seas, have been recorded reaching speeds of 50kmh (31mph) with bursts of as much as 74kmh (46mph).
They are a highly sought-after game fish and have even been known to jump into a boat after being hooked.


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Nowadays, companies are faced with ever-changing and dynamic markets that, given the last three years, have been able to completely overturn pre-existing paradigms. This led, globally, to the exponential growth of a narrow slice of the market while, on the other hand, it has caused the inexorable demise of businesses now considered obsolete.
It is no random event that, in parallel with the increase of online transactions in both the Consumer and Business markets, we have witnessed the degradation of all business models too anchored to the paradigms of the past. The change was certainly strong and sudden and today, at least three years after its trigger, the world seems to have learnt the most important lesson: nothing is meant to last forever.
We are especially referring to the matter of renewable energies which, for too many years, have occupied a marginal role in our society. Today, things have changed, and the global market seems to reward those companies that continue to bet on sustainability.
Talking about sustainability does not only mean thinking about the environment
Today, the concept of sustainability embraces a wide variety of issues, even though is primarily and closely linked to environmental issues. As a matter of fact, the main goal of making sustainable choices in business is to ensure a commitment to environmental protection, given the urgency of protecting natural resources.
In essence, sustainability, as explained in the dictionary, is the set of behaviors and decision-making processes that aim to conserve the resources available today to preserve them for future generations tomorrow. For companies, this concept is applicable in many different decision-making areas, ranging from administrative management to the incorporation of new resources.
Namely, when a company adopts a sustainable approach, it means that it will comprehensively take care of its future and, therefore, of the longevity and continuity of the company, as well as the responsible use of its resources.
All-round sustainable companies: looking after reputation or taking a stand?
When we talk about all-round sustainability, therefore, we refer to the ability to manage a business taking decisions aimed at preserving its continuity even through adversities.
This is reflected both in the adoption of environment-friendly infrastructures and communication or supply networks, and in the efficient internal management of company assets already acquired or to be acquired.
Clearly, other variables also come into play, such as reputation, which is often intended in negative terms when associated with renewable energy and sustainability. It is no coincidence that for many years there has been talking of the phenomenon of green washing, a kind of pro-customer servility in which companies only show a sustainable face while not actually being sustainable themselves. What the markets are asking to those who run a commercial organization, whatever it may be, is not to invest in pro-environmental communication, but rather to take a stand, especially in terms of renewable energies.
Carbon neutrality: institutions move towards zero emissions
For all these reasons, the entrepreneurs who are most attentive to market developments have realized that institutions have, for many years now, been initiating an epochal change completely or almost completely eliminating the harmful emissions caused by traditional energy sources.
In more specific terms, we are speaking about Carbon Neutrality, a revolution that will invest markets of any kind, from mobility to communication, going through industrial, manufacturing, and agricultural sectors. For example, in Europe this objective will be fixed for 2030 and, for many years now, member States have started an intense phase of ecological conversion in support of renewable energies.
This will certainly be a long and hard process, impaired by resistance and technological progress that, of course, still requires its own testing and validation time. However, a careful entrepreneur knows that the decisions he makes today will have consequences both in the immediate future and in the long term. Therefore, today may already be the last window of opportunity to seize to reorganize one's company; to keep up with the changing times and to stand, definitively and consistently, in favor of the transition towards renewable energies.


Who is in charge, do you stop and think about it? Living today in our world, it is very easy to lose sight of the fact that, as Christians, we do not call the shots. Our decisions are to be based solely on God's will and that alone. How do we know what God's will is? Most of the time we can find out in His Word. Other times we can ask ourselves, "Is this going to bring me and others closer to God?" If you have been walking with God very long, and have grown in your relationship with Him, you know His character well enough to know when something is not in keeping with His character and therefore, His glory.
Jeremiah was a prophet of God. He lived in Old Testament times. Presently, in certain denominations, you hear of visiting "prophets" who are coming to preach/speak. In my experience with "prophets" of today, they quite different from the Old Testament prophets. In the Old Testament, prophets were given the word of the LORD directly from Him, usually to correct the people of God or even announce that God's judgment was imminent. I wanted to set up a little context with verses 1 and 2. Today we will look closely at verses 3 and 4, then tomorrow we will look at verses 5 and 6.
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: "Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear My words." So I went down to the potter's house and there he was working at his wheel. And the vessel he was making was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.
Our single purpose for living is to bring glory to God with our lives. We can only do that as He makes us useful vessels for His glory. No matter how hard we try – we cannot do this ourselves. Only God, the Potter, can make us into vessels for His glory.
The wheel and the potter's hands are the circumstances that form the clay into a vessel. Without them, a lump of clay remains just that, a lump of clay – not fillable or useful.
How the clay responds to its circumstances determines how effective the circumstances are at forming a useful vessel. If the clay is pliable and moldable under the pressure of the potter's hands working along with the turning of the wheel, then the potter will be able to very quickly get the vessel into the shape he wants. If the clay is stiff, hard and/or resistant to the work of the potter then the potter may find the clay to be marred in his hands. In this case, he will have to start over with the vessel by pounding it back into a smooth lump.
Just like the clay in the potter's hands, we are in God's hands. He knows what He wants us to be and He allows and even uses circumstances in our lives to mold us and shape us into vessels for His glory.
Hard times are going to come in the life of every person – Christian or non-Christian. As Christians, people who have received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and have surrendered our lives to Him, we are not immune to difficulty, in fact, we are promised it will come. (James 1:2-4) It comes for a reason!
Stay in God's Word! Do not let trouble keep you from God's Word. Then is when you need His strength the most.
Thank You so much, Lord, for putting things in terms we can understand. Help us to cooperate with You as You mold us and make us what You want us to be. Let us be pliable and moldable in Your hands. May we bring You great pleasure as You forms us into the image of Christ, ready at Your touch to be a vessel for You to fill with Your glory. Help us to know You better and better through Your Word and help us to seek You in every single step we take. Help us to make every step toward You. Be glorified in us! In Jesus beautiful name. Amen.
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Demi Tue, Sep-01-20 01:35
Researchers share praise - and concerns - about Keto diet and IF
Researchers share praise—and concerns—about how the keto diet and intermittent fasting affect cardiovascular health
https://www.cardiovascularbusiness....vascular-health
The ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting have both gained considerable popularity in recent years—but how do they compare to more well-established diets when it comes to cardiovascular health? The team behind a new analysis in the American Journal of Medicine hoped to find out.
The authors behind the analysis noted that keto, a low-carb diet that sends the body into ketosis, and intermittent fasting both show potential for the treatment of diabetes. Further research is still needed, however, so that the effects of each diet can be reviewed in more detail.
The researchers did report some red flags related to each dietary approach. With keto, the team's primary concern is the type of fat—and the amount of it—consumed by individuals who follow the diet. There has also been some research that suggests keto can lead to a stiffening of the arteries.
When it comes to intermittent fasting, on the other hand, the biggest fear is that individuals might overeat once done with their fasting. Another concern is that the frequent fasting could have a negative effect on organ function.
"With diets like keto and intermittent fasting, social and popular media has been flooded with claims, promises and warnings that are at best unverified and at worst harmful to your health," co-author Andrew Freeman, MD, director of cardiovascular prevention and wellness for National Jewish Health, said in a statement. "Diets recommended by health experts, such as plant-based and Mediterranean diets, have been extensively studied for safety and efficacy, and demonstrated conclusively to improve cardiovascular health."
Freeman added that it is "particularly important" for diabetes to speak with a physician before beginning intermittent fasting.
Until larger studies have been carried out on the long-term impact of these dietary approaches, Freeman and colleagues note that neither diet is recommended as a tool for preventing cardiovascular disease.
The full review from Freeman et al. can be read here.
WereBear Tue, Sep-01-20 04:12
I gave up counting the lies in this thing.
deirdra Tue, Sep-01-20 09:02
Conflict of Interest listed on the paper: One of the authors, Pam Taub: Consultant to Sanofi/Regeneron, Novo-Nordisk, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Janssen, Amgen, Amarin, Pfizer, Esperion Therapeutics. Shareholder of Epirium Bio; all other authors report no conflicts of interest.
Ms Arielle Tue, Sep-01-20 10:46
More delay tactics.
Just garbage.
Fat causes hardening of the arteries? THAT IS OLD NEWS AND WRONG.
WHEN will these people evolve out of the Dark Ages?
GRB5111 Wed, Sep-02-20 09:04
More purposeful distortions in order to confuse the issues and bank on the fact that fear of something new will slow adoption. After all, there's money to be made by further obfuscating the facts. Had to laugh about the comment claiming extensive studies on plant-based and Mediterranean diets. No significant RCTs that I'm aware of, only epidemiological studies not providing any clear conclusions.


Would you rather... Play Call Of Duty or Halo?
Just lost my faith in humanity /: Damn noobs.
I'm telling u we need both button now pls!?!?
I meant to pick call of duty #favorite game!
>:( WHO THE FRICK IS THAT 61% ?!?!?!
If you don't like halo, then you are a noob.
Halo is better, the 61% are no-lives.
I would play halo but I have a PS3 because that's what most of my friends have.
I don't play either, I pay Skyrim to be honest.
I don't have, and hate both.
Since when is call of duty better?
I like halo and cod all the same.
My older brother and I used to play Halo together allll the time. So much fun. I watched my cousins play Call of Duty, and, gotta say... it looks so damn boring.
Just letting everyone know...I haven't played Halo yet.
The only reason they chose "Call of Duty" is because more people know about it.
Halo belongs to Xbox only. Xbox must die.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?! COD is nowhere near good enough to even be compared to Halo!
Answered by 4 year old kids all over the world. OUR GENERATION IS F**KED!
I know all Easter Eggs!
This is a hard one for meh bc i luv them both !!!


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Marine Missing From World War II Accounted For (Penna)
Release No: 16-068 Sept. 9, 2016
Frank Penna
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, unaccounted for since World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Marine Pvt. Frank F. Penna, 24, of Canastota, New York, will be buried Sept. 17 in his hometown. In November 1943, Penna was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. Over several days of intense fighting at Tarawa, approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 were wounded, but the Japanese were virtually annihilated. Penna died sometime on the first day of battle, Nov. 20, 1943.
The battle of Tarawa was a huge victory for the U.S. military because the Gilbert Islands provided the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet a platform from which to launch assaults on the Marshall and Caroline Islands to advance their Central Pacific Campaign against Japan.
In the immediate aftermath of the fighting on Tarawa, U.S. service members who died in the battle were buried in a number of battlefield cemeteries on the island. In 1946 and 1947, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio Island, but Penna's remains were not recovered. On Feb. 28, 1949, a military review board declared Penna's remains non-recoverable.
In June 2015, a nongovernmental organization, History Flight, Inc., notified DPAA that they discovered a burial site on Betio Island and recovered the remains of what they believed were 35 U.S. Marines who fought during the battle in November 1943. The remains were turned over to DPAA in July 2015.
To identify Penna's remains, scientists from DPAA used mitochondrial and autosomal DNA analysis, which matched a brother, laboratory analysis, including dental analysis and chest radiographic comparison, which matched Penna's records, as well as circumstantial and material evidence.
DPAA is appreciative to History Flight, Inc. and their partnership for this recovery mission.
Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000 died during the war.


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Belostoma minor is a species of giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae. It is found in the northern Caribbean bioregion, with records in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and southern Florida in the continental United States.

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Belostomatidae
Hemiptera of North America
Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois
Insects described in 1805